Local Community News

Isorropia Foundation, the Isle of Wight’s mental health wellbeing organisation, is celebrating its 2nd birthday today (Saturday 1st May). The Isorropia team, a blend of professionals and people with lived experience, delivers a wide range of bespoke wellbeing programmes designed...

Nurseries, schools, colleges, youth groups and community and voluntary sector organisations are being urged to apply for grant funding to host free activities for children and young people during the summer holidays. The Holiday Activity Fund (HAF) aims to provide healthy...

Members of Girlguiding IW are now out and about again. So, whether it’s Rainbows, Brownies, Guides or Rangers you might spot the girls undertaking jobs in the community, looking after the environment or just having fun. As COVID-19 restrictions gradually...

The Isle of Wight Foundation is reminding charities and good causes on the Isle of Wight that there is still time to apply for grants of between £3,000 and £16,000 for eligible projects. Funding is made available each year for...

Sandown Bay Regatta has become the latest Island event to be cancelled due to 'uncertainty around coronavirus restrictions. Despite the lifting of restrictions and the Prime Minister's 'one-way road to freedom' promising no further lockdowns, the event - which has...

Popular Channel 4 restoration show Find It, Fix It, Flog It is looking for local sheds around the Isle of Wight. The series follows presenters Henry Cole and Simon O’Brien as they search for unique and unusual items in people’s sheds to restore...

Staff at Monkey Haven had quite the surprise when they were asked to adopt a quail who had been rescued after falling from the sky. The quail - now named Colin - was attended to by the RSPCA when a...

9 good causes have received a welcome boost thanks to WightAID’s latest round of funding allocations. More than £13,000 from the grant-giving charity has been shared between the groups, which all help to support and enrich the lives of people...

Islanders have been sharing their experiences of the past year and talking about their hopes for the future. The Isle of Wight Council invited residents to share their stories of life in lockdown which could be recorded and uploaded as...

Activities hosted by South Wight Area Youth Partnership (SWAY) over the Easter period proved a big hit, with around 60 individuals taking part in the wide range of offerings planned for young people and their families. Following last year’s fantastic...